The most beautiful parts of your body are those you had to grow again.
HINNAH MIANHe reminds me of the shadow between silences.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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This country collects too many tongues, until our only language is silence.
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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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I always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.
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I am unbearably human.
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And what am I but the smallest of footnotes in the universe’s everlasting memoir?
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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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I don’t like how your embrace feels like comfort till the knife thrust.
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I pocket grief and it beckons me like a lover.
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I’m sorry only I can both drown you and be the summer that dries it away.
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I love you the way rain falls on a sunny day- a kind of marvelous sadness.
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Seek refuge in the space between my bones.
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He reminds me of the shadow between silences.
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I want to be something to pray for but I don’t know how to be.
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I loved you in quiet because to hide is to pretend that it is okay.
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I’ve got nothing left to give but I keep digging deeper.
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